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Query: UMLS:C0011168 (
dysphagia
)
15,644
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
When considering a patient with
dysphagia
, an attempt should be made to determine whether the patient has difficulty only with solid boluses (suggestive of mechanical
dysphagia
) or with liquids and solids (suggestive of a motility
dysphagia
). Lesions such as an oesophageal tumor and external pressure effect from a lung tumor or aberrant vessel can lead to mechanical
dysphagia
. Endoscopy and / or a barium swallow are helpful in identifying the anatomical disarrangement. In this study a patient with progressive mechanical
dysphagia
is presented that finally diagnosed by as Lung
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
. There were no respiratory symptoms. Diagnosis was made by a computerized tomography scan of the thorax, bronchoscopy and bronchial biopsy.
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PMID:A 63 years old woman with progressive mechanical dysphagia and weight loss: a case presentation. 2483 54
